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Evolucionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to evolve, develop”.
Below are all of the conjugations for evolucionar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to evolve, develop |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | evolucionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está evolucionando) and past continuous (estaba evolucionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. evolving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he evolucionado and hubiera evolucionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have evolved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | evolucionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | evolucionado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I evolve” or “they evolve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evoluciono |
| Tú | evolucionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evoluciona |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionamos |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionan |
| Vos | evolucionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I evolved” or “she evolved” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evolucioné | I evolved |
| Tú | evolucionaste | You evolved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionó | He / she / you evolved |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionamos | We evolved |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionasteis | You evolved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionaron | They / you evolved |
| Vos | evolucionaste | You evolved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was evolving” or “she was evolving” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evolucionaba | I was evolving |
| Tú | evolucionabas | You were evolving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionaba | He was / she was / you were evolving |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionábamos | We were evolving |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionabais | You were evolving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionaban | They / you were evolving |
| Vos | evolucionabas | You were evolving |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have evolved” and “she has evolved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he evolucionado | I have evolved |
| Tú | has evolucionado | You have evolved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha evolucionado | He has / she has / you have evolved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos evolucionado | We have evolved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis evolucionado | You have evolved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han evolucionado | They / you have evolved |
| Vos | has evolucionado | You have evolved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would evolve” or “she would evolve”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evolucionaría | I would evolve |
| Tú | evolucionarías | You would evolve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionaría | He / she / you would evolve |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionaríamos | We would evolve |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionaríais | You would evolve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionarían | They / you would evolve |
| Vos | evolucionarías | You would evolve |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will evolve” or “they will evolve”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a evolucionar” means “They are going to evolve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evolucionaré | I will evolve |
| Tú | evolucionarás | You will evolve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionará | He / she / you will evolve |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionaremos | We will evolve |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionaréis | You will evolve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionarán | They / you will evolve |
| Vos | evolucionarás | You will evolve |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evolucione |
| Tú | evoluciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucione |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionemos |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionen |
| Vos | evoluciones |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evolucionara | evolucionase |
| Tú | evolucionaras | evolucionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionara | evolucionase |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionáramos | evolucionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionarais | evolucionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionaran | evolucionasen |
| Vos | evolucionaras | evolucionase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evolucionare |
| Tú | evolucionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucionare |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionaren |
| Vos | evolucionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “evolve!” and “don’t evolve!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | evoluciona | no evoluciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evolucione | no evolucione |
| Nosotros / as | evolucionemos | no evolucionemos |
| Vosotros / as | evolucionad | no evolucionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evolucionen | no evolucionen |
| Vos | evolucioná | no evoluciones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya evolucionado |
| Tú | hayas evolucionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya evolucionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos evolucionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis evolucionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan evolucionado |
| Vos | hayas evolucionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera evolucionado / hubiese evolucionado |
| Tú | hubieras evolucionado / hubieses evolucionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera evolucionado / hubiese evolucionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos evolucionado / hubiésemos evolucionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais evolucionado / hubieseis evolucionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran evolucionado / hubiesen evolucionado |
| Vos | hubieras evolucionado / hubieses evolucionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere evolucionado |
| Tú | hubieres evolucionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere evolucionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos evolucionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis evolucionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren evolucionado |
| Vos | hubieres evolucionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté evolucionando |
| Tú | estés evolucionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté evolucionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos evolucionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis evolucionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén evolucionando |
| Vos | estés evolucionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera evolucionando / estuviese evolucionando |
| Tú | estuvieras evolucionando / estuvieses evolucionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera evolucionando / estuviese evolucionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos evolucionando / estuviésamos evolucionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais evolucionando / estuvieseis evolucionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera evolucionando / estuviese evolucionando |
| Vos | estuvieras evolucionando / estuvieses evolucionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere evolucionando |
| Tú | estuvieres evolucionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere evolucionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos evolucionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis evolucionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere evolucionando |
| Vos | estuvieres evolucionando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos evolucionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos evolucionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos evolucionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos evolucionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos evolucionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos evoluciones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos evolucionaras / Vos evolucionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos evolucioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no evoluciones |